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United States Patent O sToRE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Wilford E. Shrode, BlueIsland, Ill., assignor to Brasco Manufacturing Company, Harvey, Ill., acorporation of Delaware Application November 8, 1955, Serial No. 545,599

6 Claims. (Cl. Ztl-56.4)

My invention relates to a sash construction for building fronts and hasparticular reference to a sash construction in which the glass pane maybe mounted from the outside of the building without the necessity ofworkmen going to the inner part of the building, and in which the glasspane is mounted between inner and outer sash members and held inengagement with the inner sash member by a plurality of spaced springclips which hold the glass pane firmly in position and yet provides anelastic mounting so that the glass pane is slightly movable tocompensate for wind pressure, contraction, eX- pansion, and the like.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a sash mounting inwhich the glass pane can be easily placed into position without the useof screw clamps or the like which, if the installation is too tight, isapt to break the glass or fracture it, resulting in the necessity ofputting in a new pane of glass and which, because of the size of theglass panes used in buiding front construction, are very expensive andcostly to replace if one of them is broken in service.

Another and further object of my invention is the provision of a sashconstruction for building fronts in which the glass can be very easilyand quickly installed into a sash frame previously attached to thewindow jarnb without the necessity of using tools or the like in thesetting of the glass, which is not only easily and quickly placed inposition but remains iirmly in position over a long period of time.

Another and further object of my invention is the provision of a sashconstruction which is substantially Weather and moisture-proof so thatwater, either from condensation on one side of the pane or rain or snowon the other, does not leak into the sash construction, causing rusting,damage, etc. to the mounting members or the like.

These and other objects of my invention will be more fully and betterunderstood by reference to the accompanying drawings and in which- Fig.1 is a cross-sectional view of a sash and supporting buildingconstruction therefor.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the sash construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front View of the sash construction shown in Fig. 1, partlyin section and partly in elevation, while Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the spring clip which is used in connection with the mounting of theglass pane in the sash members.

Referring now specilically to the drawings and in which like referencecharacters refer to like parts throughout, a window sill 1() is shownhaving a window jamb 11 in the usual position therewith forming a partof the window frame, a cap plate 12 is provided which covers the silland has oppositely disposed flanges 13 and 14 along each of itsedges-the flange 13 extending alongside and against the jamb -for apartial distance away from the sill 10, while the ange 14 overlaps theouter part of the sill 10 to protect it from rain, Water, ,or the likewhen placed in service in a building front construction.

The jamb 11 may be omitted as the sash is effectively supported by othermeans and also the wood sill 10 may be omitted and the sash mounted upona masonry constructed building such as brick, concrete, cinder block orthe like. An inner sash member designated as a whole as 15 is providedwhich has a base portion 16 fitted upon the ca-p 12 and has a llange 17along one marginal edge, with an undercut channel 18 therein and withthe base portion substantially spanning the entire space across the sashmounting, and a side wall 19 which is oifset at its lower side to permitthe ange 13 to be fitted behind a portion of the side wall 19 andagainst the jarnb 11 forming a portion of the Window frame. A rib 20 isprovided which extends away from `the side wall 19, while asash-engaging wall 21 is provided with an inwardly turned flange 22thereon which engages against one side of a glass pane 23 when it ismounted within the sash.

The side wall 19 is secured tothe jamb by means of a plurality of screws24, 24 inserted through the side wall 19 and into the jamb 11 to holdthe inner sash member 15 in position in the window frame, while otherscrews may be inserted through the base 16 and cap 12 to hold thesemembers to the wooden sill 10. Spring clips designated as a Whole as 25are provided, each of said clips consisting of thin at spring sectionsof metal folded intermediate their ends onto themselves into two legportions, the lower leg portion providing a base 26 for the spring clipwhich is positioned upon the bottom portion 16 of the sash member'lS,which base portion 26 is arcuate in shape, with its convex side restingupon the bottom portion 16 of the sash member 15. The leg portion 28 isfolded over the base portion 26 of the lower leg portion, with thelooped end 27 of the two leg portions being' frictionally positionedagainst the under side of the rib 20 when the clip 25 is placed undertension in the inner sash member 15.

A pane-engaging extension 29 of the upper leg portion of the clip isprovided which extends substantially at a 6 angle to the base portion 28and to the glass 23 away from the edge ofthe glass pane so the edge ofthe glass is not fractured and terminates in an end 30 curved outwardaway from the glass pane 23, with a space between the pane 23 and thecurved end 30, for purposes hereinafter described. The bottom portion 26of the lower leg portion of the clip 25 is bent along one edge into aW-shaped form, with one side `of the N-shaped portion forming a sharpangle portion 31 which is fitted into the channel 18 formed in theundercut edge of the flange `17. The outer leg of the opposite side of'the W-shaped portion is extended into a horizontal portion 32, 32 andthence bent upward into a portion 33, 33 which extends alongside thepane-engaging portion 29 in faceto-face relation therewith, with this"connecting web 34 forming reinforcing members for the pane-engagingmember 29. A tongue 35 is struck out from the middle apex of theW-shaped portion of the outer leg from the horizontal portions `32 andthe portions 33, which tongue portion 35 extends outward from the insideapex 36 of the `Wshaped section, and has a corrugated portion 37 thereinproviding a channel 38 on one side thereof and having an angularlydisposed end portion 39, for purposeshereinafter'described. The clip 25is so shaped that when it is placedin'the position shown in Fig. 1 it isunder tension, with the glass pane portion 29 supported by thereinforcing portions 33, 33 and 34 which `engage against the outer faceof the glass pane 23--this tension being provided by the spread of theclip 25 between its anchored end' 27 under the rib 20 and, its point ofengagement with the 'glass 23.. f ,C

An outer sash member designated as a whole as 40"is provided having atop wall 41 with a flange 42 thereon which engages against the outerface of the glass pane 23, with an outer wall 43 extending down to abase portion -44 whichrests `upon the cap plate 12-the base portion 44having a flange 45 thereon, the edge of which is fitted into the channel38 formed on the under side of the corrugated portion 37 of the tongueportion 35, which also is under tension, so that it is dellectedslightly when the outer sash member 40 is placed in position, with theouter sash member being held in position by engaging in the space behinde curved end 30 of the sash-engaging portion of the clip and the pane23. In this manner the outer member 38 can be removed and replaced fromthe outside of the store front structure and can be placed in positionby placing the base 44 of the outer sash 40 on the cap plate F12-andmovingthe outer sash 40 in a horizontal direction toward the glass pane23, and deflecting the top wall 41 of the outer sash 40 sutllciently topermit the llange 42 to pass over the end of the pane engaging leg 29.The outer sash 40 is thereby anchored in position against the kglasspane`23 andis held in position by the tension in the top wall 41 ashereinabove described, against any normal displacement, but which caneasily be removed by workmen using the proper tools in a reverseoperation, if so desired.

In the installation of the device the inner sash member 15, which willvary in length and dimension, of course, depending Vupon the size of thewindow and the size of the enclosure to be covered by the glass pane,and the glass pane are set into position and supported upon the usualblocks (not shown) and after the glass pane 23 is set in position ftheclips 2S can be inserted by placing the leg portions 26 land 28 underthe edge of the glass pane 23, with the folded end 27 under the rib 20and pushing the clips 25 into the position shown in Fig. l of thedrawings. As many -clips `as may be-desired-may be placed in positionand as Vthey are llexed and pushed into position the angle 31 slips intothe channel 18 and when placed into position there is enough tensiondeveloped between the point 28 and the rib 20 so that the clips are noteasily displaced. When this operation is accomplished, the setting of aglass pane is substantially accomplished and it can be left for anylength of time and the outer section 40 thereafter applied, whichcompletes the operation and installation of the sash structure to abuilding front.

While I have described more or less precisely the details ofconstruction, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto,.as I contemplate changes in form, the proportion of parts andthe substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or renderexpedient without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. Window sash construction comprising in combination, an inner sashmember having a base portion with a flange along its marginal edge, aside wall and a glass paneengaging portion and having a rib on the saidside wall extending outward from the said side wall, a spring cliphaving a base portion seated on the base portion of the said sash memberfolded upon itself, with its folded end positioned under the rib on theside wall and turned away from its base portion to form a pane-engagingportion, the said base having an angular portion at its side oppositethe folded end portion in engagement with the flange along the marginaledge of the base portion of the inner sash member, with a portionextending away from said angular portion into engagement with thepane-engaging portion and having a tongueextending outward from theangular portion, the'tonguevhaving a channel therein on one of its sidesland an outer sash member having llanges on each of its sides, one ofsaid flanges being fitted into the channel in the tongue andtheotherilange being tted over the space between the pane engagingportion of the clip and the pane.

' 2. Window sash construction comprising in combination., inner sash`member having` a base portion with a ilange thereon having a channeltherein, and having a side wall and a glass pane engaging portion, theside wall'having an outwardly extending rib thereon, a spring clipfolded upon itself into two leg portions serving as bases for the saidclip, the folded end being positioned against one side of the said rib,one leg portion being bent at right angles to its base portion to form apane-engaging portion having a curved end, the other leg portion beingbent at a right angle to its base and formed into a VV-shaped section,one angle of the W-shaped portion extending into the channel formed inthe flange of the base portion of the inner sash member, the outer legof the W-shaped portion being extended and turned to form a reinforcingmember for the sash-engaging portion extending from the other leg of theclip, a tongue struck out of the second leg portion and extendingoutward from the apex of the W-shaped portion having a channel in theunder side thereof and a sashengaging outer member having ilanges oneach of its edges, one of said ilanges tted into the space between theglass pane and the glass pane-engaging portion of the clip and the edgeof the other channel section being fitted in the channel in the saidtongue.

3. Window sash construction comprising in combination, an inner sashmember having a base portion extending under the glass pane beyond theplane of the said glass pane with a ilange thereon having a channeltherein, and having a side wall and a glass pane engaging portion, theside wall having an outwardly extending rib thereon, a spring clipfolded upon itself into two leg portions anchored in the inner sashmember, one leg portion being bent and angularly extended to form aglass pane-engaging portion having a curved free end, the other legportion having an angular portion thereon forming a part of said anchorconnection with the free end bent into reinforcing position against theglass pane-engaging portion and having a struck-out tongue extendingoutward therefrom and an outer sash member having flanges thereon, onellange being in engagement with the said tongue and the other flangeextending over the curved end whereby the outer sash member is held inposition inthe window sash combination.

4. Window sash construction comprising in combination, an inner sashmember having a base portion with a flange thereon having a channeltherein, and having a side wall and a glass pane engaging portion, theside wall having an outwardly extending rib thereon, a spring clipfolded upon itself into two leg portions, the folded end beingpositioned under the rib on the inner sash member, one leg portion beingbent into an angularly disposed glass pane-engaging portion having acurved free end, the other leg portion having an angularly bent portionextending into the channel formed in the base of the inner sash memberand turned inward and upward into face-to-face engagement with thepane-engaging portion to form a reinforcement therefor and having acorrugated tongue struck out of the said second leg portion andextending outward therefrom and an outer sash member having flangesalong each of its edges, one of said flanges being in engagement withthe said tongue and the other in engagement with the curved free end ofthe glass pane-engaging portion whereby the sash member may be removedfrom the combination.

5. A spring holding glass pane clip folded intermediate its ends intobase portions and two leg portions depending from the base portions, oneof said leg portions being folded at right angles to the base portioninto a paneengaging portion, the other leg being angularly folded into aW-shaped web portion, one corner of which portion is adapted to rest ina channel formed in a sash member and into a web portion yconnected withsaid angularly folded portion extending parallel with the base portionand having a reinforcing portion extending at an angle from the said webportion and into engagement with one side of the pane-engaging leg, theweb and said reinforcing portion having a tongue formed thereonextending away from the said web, the said tongue having asash-receiving channel in the under side thereof.

6. A spring holding' gass pane clip folded interiiediate its ends intobase portions and two leg portions depending from the base portions, oneof said leg portions being folded at right angles to the base portioninto a pane-en gaging portion, the other leg being angularly folded torest in a channel formed in a sash member and into a web portionconnected with said angularly folded portion extending parallel with thebase portion and having a reinforcing portion extending at an angle fromthe said web portion and into a side to side engagement with thepaneengaging leg, the web and said reinforcing portion having a tongueformed thereon extending away from the said web, the said tongue havinga sash-receiving channel in the under side thereof and having anangular-ly turned end portion forming a guide for the sash into thesash-receiving channel.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,268,269 Toney et al Dec. 30, 1941

